Are U.S. Doctors Paid Too Much?
The average annual income for a primary-care doctor surpasses $186,000. U.S. orthopedic…
Why Are There Disparities In Health Care? Because It’s Free.
The latest issue of Health Affairs is devoted to racial and ethnic…
How Pay-For-Performance Can Backfire
From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll: From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll:…
Myth Busters #11: Mandated Benefits
As I said in my last “Myth Busters” post, the health policy…
The Long and the Short of It: You Shrink as You Get Older
It’s not uncommon to shrink by a quarter to a third of…
Medicare Prescription Drug Abuse
Over the course of a year, the woman received prescriptions…
Thank U.S. Health Care for the Life of Steve Jobs
On the very day that Steve Jobs died a new report suggests…
FDA: Hazardous to Your Health
When people age, the main valve carrying blood out of the heart…
A Night in the ER
This is the county’s safety net hospital, the place where the ill…
Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
Transgender sex changes proposed for New York Medicaid. Transgender sex changes proposed…